Tag: Progressives
Soros, antisemitism and the progressive assault on language
One of the key characteristics of our difficult times is the way in which the progressive left has hijacked language. Among other things, progressives have seized the language of bigotry to demonize non-progressives as...
New poll reveals far left’s embrace of anti-Semitic tropes
Four-fifths of self-identified “progressive” and “very liberal” likely voters in the U.S. believe Jewish Americans have “unfair advantages” that need to be addressed, according to a new poll conducted by the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values...
Anti-Israel candidate loses in New York primary; Nadler gets 16th term, defeating MaloneyIn the...
Jewish Democrats in New York managed to avoid adding another progressive candidate whose position on Israel and BDS had elicited concerns over the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s primaries.
Levi Strauss heir and former federal...
Rep. Cori Bush under fire for fundraising with activist who wants to ‘burn every...
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is under fire from Jewish groups and her opponent in the upcoming Missouri Democratic primary for fundraising and associating with an anti-Semitic activist who once said she wants to burn...
Who’s winning Bernie Sanders’s war on AIPAC?
Last week, 57 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter calling on the U.S. State Department and the FBI to launch an investigation into the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian...
Let’s talk about the ‘nakba’ and who’s really responsible for Palestinian suffering
Resolutions proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives mean nothing. They give members an opportunity to pay lip service to various causes favored by their constituents but don’t commit the government to action. They...
Progressives introduce motion slamming Israel’s decision to blacklist Palestinian NGOs
Several progressive Democrats introduced an resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday criticizing the decision by Israel to declare six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations.
Sponsored by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), it recognizes...
Gantz names six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups, US asks Israel to clarify
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Friday that six Palestinian NGOs will be listed as terror organizations for their close ties with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
“Those organizations were...
Comedian Sarah Silverman calls out ‘Squad’ for trying to block Iron Dome funding
Jewish comedian and actor Sarah Silverman criticized “The Squad” of left-wing Democratic lawmakers over recent attempts to block U.S. funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system.
Referring to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)...
The baleful significance of the Democrats’ Iron Dome fiasco
According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, when the Democrats withdrew from their embattled spending bill $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, this was merely a “technicality” that would...